He had no intention of exposing his martial arts in front of Jiang Gaoyun, nor did he intend to tell him that in just a stick of incense time, he went to the eldest lady's room, flirted with two maids and four servants, and then smashed the box containing the indenture to get it.

Jiang Gaoyun didn't ask any more questions, as long as he got it. He first went back to his home, picked out Shan Tao's indenture and gave it to her, along with twenty taels of silver, "Here, this is your indenture, take it and don't go home, use the twenty taels to do some small business, but don't let them sell you again."

Shan Tao looked at him for a while and nodded slowly.

She couldn't say that since she ran away, the Jiang family had been to her house and her family members were looking for her everywhere. This morning when she went to buy vegetables, she saw her stepmother in the vegetable market.

Because Jiang Gaoyun looked very tired at this time, it was obvious that he had spent a lot of effort to get her the indenture. Shan Tao didn't expect that he could steal the indenture, but thought that he must have spent a lot of money.

Jiang Gaoyun took so many indentures, but had no intention of doing good deeds.

It's not the first time he sold people. Instead of letting these people go, he might as well sell a few of them. Wouldn't he be able to eat and drink well? Besides, he could see that after Chu Youyang rescued him, he didn't make things difficult for him. He also provided him with food, lodging, and money, and asked him to report what he had done recently.

He also told Chu Youyang about stealing Shan Tao from the Jiang family. Chu Youyang was not angry at all. He even stood in his position and comforted him, saying that Shan Tao was also a poor person and should be saved if possible...

The meaning was very clear. Chu Youyang was happy for him to trip up Jiang Bai.

Thinking of this, Jiang Gaoyun began to plan. He left Ji Feng at home and went out alone to do something big.

Not long after he left, something happened at home.

A large group of people rushed in and started to catch Shan Tao without saying a word.

"You bitch! How dare you run? Do you know that people came to our house to ask for your release, and we couldn't hand it over so we were forced to sign a contract? I tell you, you have to go back today whether you want to or not!" The speaker was a woman with droopy eyes, and she looked mean and sarcastic.

Shan Tao couldn't say anything. She just looked at them in horror and kept backing away.

Ji Feng shouldn't have been involved in such matters, as if he did, he would be exposing his martial arts. However, seeing that the gang had drugged Shan Tao and were going to take her back to that old man Jiang Bai's house, Ji Feng couldn't help himself.

He took action.

Shan Tao didn't even see what Ji Feng did, she just saw that group of people falling to the ground screaming and covering their arms and legs.

"If you want to take her away, you have to get past me first!" Ji Feng said in a deep voice.

At this moment, in Shan Tao's eyes, the usually ordinary Ji Feng seemed like a god descended to the earth.

How could the people brought by Shan Tao's stepmother dare to mess with such a master? Without waiting for him to say it a second time, they all ran away.

"You... Hey? Just wait! See how I deal with you!" Shan Tao's stepmother said this harshly and then left.

Shan Tao looked at Hayate with adoration.

Seeing Ji Feng was so embarrassed, he could only clear his throat and said, "They will be back soon, come with me!"

Where were they going? Shan Tao didn't ask, she just followed him.

In fact, Ji Feng didn't know where to take her, but he knew that the evil woman might come back at any time, and he couldn't bear to see the poor girl being taken away.

The two places that woman couldn't go to were the Imperial Palace and Prince Jin's Mansion.

Ji Feng took Shan Tao to Prince Jin's mansion.

After he explained the situation to Chu Youyang, Chu Youyang readily accepted Shan Tao. After all, he had many children at home and was planning to find a few maids to hold the children.

When Ji Feng was about to leave, he saw Shan Tao looking at him eagerly, so he turned back and said, "Don't be afraid. Prince Jin and Princess Jin are very nice people. They won't make things difficult for you. You are here to work, and you still have the indenture. When your stepmother stops looking for you, you can leave if you want."

Ji Feng himself didn't notice that he hadn't spoken so much for decades, and at this moment his eyes were unusually gentle.

Shan Tao said nothing and nodded.

After coming out of Prince Jin's Mansion and returning to Jiang Gaoyun's courtyard, Ji Feng knew that he was in trouble again.

The droopy-eyed woman brought some government officials with her and was arguing with Jiang Gaoyun.

"Sir! This is the gangster in our village! I know it's him. He is the one who kidnapped my Shan Tao! I saw the child just now. Sir! You have to help me. That child is the apple of my eye!" The woman with droopy eyes cried so realistically that people who didn't know her would think it was true.

Jiang Gaoyun didn't panic, she just glanced at the woman and snorted, "Your beloved child? I'm afraid I'm just a piece of rotten meat. What kind of mother would sell her thirteen-year-old child to an old man as a concubine?"

The droopy-eyed woman's face changed, and then she said confidently: "That's my family's business! My family is poor, and she went to the Jiang family as a concubine. She has no worries about food and drink. How can I treat her badly?"

"Then let your daughter go!" Jiang Gaoyun sneered, "Such a good thing, why don't you let your daughter go?"

The woman with droopy eyes immediately frowned and stopped talking to him. She turned to look at the official and said, "Official, no matter how many reasons he has, this person belongs to my family. I can sell her to whoever I want. If he wants to take her away, doesn't he have to pay silver? He didn't even pay a tael of silver, but he kidnapped her from me. He forced him to take my daughter away. Tell me what kind of thing is this?"

What is this?

This sounded like a dirty trick by the stepmother, but what was the government doing? Wasn't it to serve the people? Jiang Gaoyun really had no reason to take this man away.

"Tell me, what's the matter? How about you just pay the money and compensate for it?" the official said in a try-to-smooth manner.

Jiang Gaoyun looked back and called Yingtao twice, but found that no one came out. Then her face changed, "The person is not here at all. This woman must have taken him away and is trying to blackmail me!"

When the official heard this, he thought this case was very complicated and quickly searched the yard.

Of course Shan Tao was not there, and since she could not be found, the woman with droopy eyes was suspected of making a false accusation.

So the woman with droopy eyes started to throw a tantrum, sitting on the ground crying and shouting that Jiang Gaoyun was trying to kill their family, which attracted the neighbors around.

When the wind came back, the woman with droopy eyes was throwing a tantrum.

He said nothing and quietly stood behind the crowd.

Jiang Gaoyun couldn't find Shan Tao, and got anxious. She grabbed the droop-eyed woman by the collar and asked her if she had taken Yingtao away. The droop-eyed woman just cried and screamed, as if she had lost her child.

The official has a headache.

It’s hard to tell who is real and who is fake between these two people, but they both look very genuine.

What should I do?

"Go to the yamen! Go to the lobby! Let the Dali Temple decide your case!" said the official, and was about to take both of them away.

When he heard about going to the government office, Jiang Gaoyun panicked. He had the indentures of many people in his arms, as well as the money he got from selling a concubine of the Jiang family. If they were discovered, it would be terrible!

So when he followed behind, he saw Ji Feng and quietly stuffed the silver notes and the deed into his arms.

Ji Feng is a secret guard who is loyal to the royal family until death. This is the first time he has received such a large sum of wealth and he feels it is too hot to handle.

He needs to go back and discuss this matter with the Queen.